COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An Army artillery officer who planned to argue his twin brother was responsible for sexual assaults involving young girls in Colorado has changed his story and is pleading guilty to the charges.
A trial had been scheduled for January, but Tuesday’s plea means 1st Lt. Aaron Lucas faces 20 years to life in prison at a sentencing scheduled for February.
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In 2007, my marriage started falling apart. In 2008, my dad died. In 2009, I got divorced. And that was the year I finally finished a book from cover to cover.
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